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Originally Posted by andyl
And not forgetting BBC online which appears to be invaluable to many on CF current affairs threads.
This reminds me of the old Monty Python sketch. What did the BBC do for us? Apart from all bringing us tons of national and regional terrestial and digital TV and radio channels, inventing digital radio, supporting the Open University, schools programming, groundbreaking drama, current affairs programming that wees all over ITV's (OK, not as good as it used to be) etc, etc  |
I've got nothing against the BBC, and they dish out the odd good drama/show.
However, paying for the TV licence was probably more arguable a few years ago before satellite because you effectively only had four channels so there was always a one in four chance you would be using the BBC.
However not now, the BBC is now only a very, very small part of my viewing pattern. In fact the only BBC programmes I watched last week were the Alan Sugar programme (which is excellent) and the FA cup. All the rest were FTA terrestrial and Sky.
For my own needs, if you took the BBC away I wouldn't miss them.
Radio 1? I listen to Galaxy
Radio 5? I listen to Talksport
Documentarys/ Nature programmes - Discovery/ Animal planet
Grandstand/MoTD - Sky sports knocks them out the park
I suppose the only area where the BBC provide something that the others don't is original drama. But is that worth the TV licence to me?